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No: 459 NEWSLETTER OF ANDHRA JESUIT PROVINCE MAY & JUNE - 2021 POPE’S INTENTIONS: May :- The World of Finance: Let us pray that those in charge of finance will work with governments to JUNE :- The Beauty of Marriage: regulate the financial sphere and protect citizens from its dangers. Let us pray for young people who are preparing for marriage with the INFORMATION: support of a Christian community: may they grow in love, with generosity, faithfulness and patience. Frs. Arul Jothi Manickam and Botcha Suresh Kumar. • Fr. General has approved the final profession of Congratulations and prayerfulFrs. Francis wishes toXavier them Antonysamy, who will soon Philomin be fully incorporated Raj Swaminathan into and Br.the XavierSociety Amal of Jesus. Michael • Golden Jubilee celebrations of are indefinitely postponed due to the second wave of the pandemic APPOINTMENTS Covid-19. BY FR GENERAL: Fr. Zbigniew Leczkowski SJ On 4th Mar 2021, Father General appointed as the new Superior of the Province of Greater Poland and Mazovia of the Society of Jesus. He will assume office on 5th Oct 2021. FR PROVINCIAL’S PROGRAMME: MAY - JUN, 2021 [TENTATIVE] May ‘21 6 - 8 ‘Conferring Minor Order’ for the Second Year Novices, AJ, Nagarjuna Nagar 13 -14 Consult, Curia Jun ‘2120 Inauguration of Ignatian Year Celebrations 21 First Vows, Ananda Jyothi, Nagarjuna Nagar Andhra Vani - May& June 2021 S. No. Name From To PHILOSOPHY S 1 Chappidi David Poul Raju Sanjeevan, VJA SN, Chennai C 2 Jannu Vijay Kumar Sanjeevan, VJA SN, Chennai 3 M V Ananth Abhinay Sanjeevan, VJA SN, Chennai H 4 Namadi Rex Kumar Sanjeevan, VJA SN, Chennai O 5 Joseph Paul Donald Sanjeevan, VJA DNC, Pune L 6 Onteddu Pradeep Kumar Sanjeevan, VJA DNC, Pune 7 Undhurthi Bhaskar Rao Sanjeevan, VJA DNC, Pune A 8 Nama Anil AAC, Karumathur DNC, Pune S REGENCY st T 9 Johnson Maria Francis DNC, Pune Pre. Nov, Hindupur, 1 Regency 10 Chidarla Naresh SN, Chennai Candidacy, Karimnagar, 1st Regency I 11 Eeda Naveen SN, Chennai Loyola School, Vinukonda, 1st C Regency 12 B. Keerthi Kumar SN, Chennai St. Ignatius’s, Darsi, 1st Regency S’ st 13 Y. Naveen Kumar DNC, Pune LPS, Guntur, 1 Regency & 14 K J Vincent Vijaya Kumar B. Ed, Chennai Loyola, Pulivendula, 2nd Regency nd T S 15 S J Paul Pradeep Raj MSW, Chennai Loyola School, Hindupur, 2 Regency E T nd 16 G Nagarjuna Santhosh Candidacy, KNR St. John’s, Amalapuram, 2 Regency R A FURTHER STUDIES T T Kurram Narendra LPS, Guntur B. Ed. I U THEOLOGY Kala Pavan Vinay Pre. Nov, Hindupur DNC, Pune A S TERTIANSHIP N Fr Bashyam D Prashanth Renewal Courses SHC, Shenbaganur S 2021-’22 Fr Jada Joji Chiranjivi ALIET, VJA SHC, Shenbaganur Fr Bodhana Ashok Kumar France SSC, Sitagarha Fr Nagothu S Kishore Kumar Gudlavalleru SSC, Sitagarha 2021-’22 DISCERNMENT V Dominic Sebastian Sanjeevan, VJA ANANDA JYOTHI, NAGARJUNA NAGAR: found negative to Covid-19 test and by means Month of Apr was filled with very many Lenten of God’s help those affected by Corona Virus are activities and special occasions. Throughout the progressing in their good health. In the first week of Holy week of Lent, we were going to our ministry Apr, Fr ISF Jeyaraj preached an Ordination retreat places, assisting the parish priest with intense zeal to the SCJ Deacons. and enthusiasm. On Good Friday and on Easter On 14th Apr, Fr John Joseph, our beloved ‘friend- Sunday, we engaged ourselves in helping the Priest, in-the Lord’ passed away from this world. We Parishners. This experience enriched our spiritual participated in the funeral service held at Andhra life and kept us closer to the Risen Christ. We were Loyola College, Vijayawada. Every one of us, in our so delighted to have seen our second year brothers community, was saddened at the loss of such a back in the novitiate on 4th Apr, after their pastoral spiritual man from our community. We all pray that experiment in Gudlavalleru parish. We were deeply our Risen Lord may grant him eternal rest and may moved and inspired by the ‘God-experiences’ of our his soul rest in peace. On 16th Apr Fr ISF Jeyaraj brothers that they underwent in the villages. On made his visit to the Pre-novitiate at Karimnagar to 8th Apr, we celebrated the birthday of Sagar Babu, assist in their selection process of the Pre-novices a first year novice. On the same day we received a for the Novitiate. On 16th Apr Fr Jagdish Parmar, SJ, call from Fr Pamisetty Balaswamy, the Parish Priest National Director of India and Continental Director of Phirangipuram asking for our assistance in the of South Asia for Apostleship of Prayer visited our parish. We really felt privileged and enraptured by Novitiate and briefed us of his mission. He was on his this wonderful chance. This experience enabled us mission to meet the local Bishop. We were imbued to know what sort of joy, a follower of Christ would with joy with his presence and inspirational words. attain through serving Him and His people. On 10th Unfortunately, many of our community members Apr, all the community members and co-workers are falling sick with various - SAGARsicknesses. BABU Keep , themNSJ underwent Covid-19 test. Two members of our all in your prayers. May the Lord heal us all! community tested positive. By God’s grace all were 2 Andhra Vani - May& June 2021 ARUNODAYAM, LOYOLA ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL - HINDUPUR Month of Apr was a grace filled one. We, attended all the Holy week services at parish. We with great piety and devotion had Pilgrimage from our Pre-Novitiate to Parish on Good Friday. This was one of the remarkable experiences for our Pre-Novices. All the fathers had gone to different Parishes for Easter ministry. We had a day of chess competitions. Fr. KP Francis gave away the Prizes to the winners on the Easter Day. As a community we visited Pulivendula community for the Birthday of Fr. Thainese on 13th Apr. Frs. Francis and Antony Paul along with Pulivendula community members attended Fr. John Joseph’s Funeral on 14th Apr at ALC, Vijayawada. Pre-Novices had four days intensive workshop on Street Theatre from 13th to 16th Apr by one of the expertise from Kaladarshini, namely Mr. B. Kantharao. It was well appreciated. Fr. Paul attended budget meeting held on 17th Apr at Satyodayam. Our community had graceful moments with the presence of Fr. Provincial on 19th, 20th and 21st of this month. On 19th Fr. Provincial met community members and in the evening we had community Mass in the Pre-novitiate followed by fellowship meal. On 20th morning we arranged welcome ceremony to Fr. Provincial in the school in which Prenovices performed a dance and in the evening he visited DSS, Madakasira and Kadirepally. On 21st he visited the Parish in the morning and met Pre-novices in the afternoon and had interaction with Pre-novices. In School, Parents meet and Science Exhibition were held on 11th Apr. It was highly appreciated by the Parents. As per the government instructions regular classes were cancelled for Primary- K. up PAVAN, to 9th class SJ students. Only the 10th class students are having offline classes as per SANJEEVANthe classroom instructionsNIWAS, VIJAYAWADA: from the government. On 22nd Mar, Schs Lavanya, Jagadeesh, K.Vishal & Ashim Minj went for the blessing ministry to Siluvagiri parish on the occasion of their village feast. On Maundy Thursday, Fr. G. Kiran preached the word of God at Balaiah Nagar Parish, Secunderabad and on Good Friday at Kondramutla Parish. Scholastics had participated Easter vigil Mass at different parishes and also we had a special Easter Mass at Sanjeevan. On behalf of ALC, all the degree scholastics went for a four day extension programme to Katukapally on 10th Apr. During this programme, scholastics taught the hostel students and teachers the “Children Parliament”. Besides this, we enacted skits, sang songs and danced (tribal) at Thaati Lanka, Katukapally and Maddhi Gudem villages. Through these programmes, we tried to make the tribal people aware of Girl Education, Child Marriages, Savings and other Social problems under the supervision and guidance of Frs. Yesuratnam, Kiran and Mr John. We thank Fr. Paul Amal and his community for their hospitality and great care; further we thank Fr. GAP Kishore for giving us this opportunity to spend four days with the native tribals of Katukapally region. On 15th Apr, Fr. Jagadeesh, SJ, director of PWPN, 3 Andhra Vani - May& June 2021 enriched Sanjeevan scholastics with his talk regarding the history of Apostleship of Prayer, its growth and its importance. All the Mid Examinations are postponed to the month of Jun. At present, all scholastics are attending online classes from Sanjeevan. On 21st Apr, Mr Vikranth - uncle of Sch. Wilson Soreng (RAN) passed away due to the adverse aftereffect of the Covid Vaccine. Schs P. Bhaskar, Ashwin Lakra(MAP), U. Bhaskar, Anthony Dungdung (HAZ), K. Satish celebrated birthdays in this month. Due to alarming increase in the Covid cases in Vijayawada, all scholastics are restricted to Sanjeevan-O. PRADEEP, Niwas, SJso that they maintain good health and attend online classes. CHRIST THE KING CHURCH, TADIPATRI: In the month of Mar we had a three day fruitful ‘Prayer and Healing’ sessions organised by the Sinai Divine Centre team from Kurnool lead by Fr. Jaison VC. The Praise and worship, the singing and the breaking of the ‘Word’ enriched the souls of all the faithful. The sessions went on until 11.00 PM everyday and all the faithful sat through the sessions. Sr. Smita CMC has a gift of counseling. People thronged to her to get spiritual counseling and blessings from her.